Lars
#1,886 for boys in 2025, 83 births
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,035since 1883
Lars over time
Rank among boys' names. Lars has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,886 | 83 |
| 2024 | #2,169 | 67 |
| 2023 | #2,147 | 67 |
| 2022 | #1,750 | 95 |
| 2021 | #2,321 | 59 |
| 2020 | #1,798 | 83 |
| 2019 | #2,081 | 69 |
| 2018 | #1,762 | 87 |
| 2017 | #1,746 | 88 |
| 2016 | #1,532 | 109 |
| 2015 | #1,703 | 91 |
| 2014 | #1,794 | 83 |
| 2013 | #1,613 | 95 |
| 2012 | #1,775 | 84 |
| 2011 | #1,886 | 74 |
| 2010 | #1,713 | 89 |
| 2009 | #1,654 | 95 |
| 2008 | #1,565 | 102 |
| 2007 | #1,341 | 125 |
| 2006 | #1,501 | 101 |
| 2005 | #1,307 | 116 |
| 2004 | #1,328 | 111 |
| 2003 | #1,233 | 117 |
| 2002 | #1,127 | 127 |
| 2001 | #1,191 | 114 |
| 2000 | #1,096 | 128 |
| 1999 | #1,224 | 103 |
| 1998 | #1,146 | 109 |
| 1997 | #1,227 | 95 |
| 1996 | #1,180 | 97 |
| 1995 | #1,213 | 91 |
| 1994 | #1,218 | 89 |
| 1993 | #1,196 | 88 |
| 1992 | #1,187 | 88 |
| 1991 | #1,308 | 74 |
| 1990 | #1,188 | 84 |
| 1989 | #1,197 | 80 |
| 1988 | #1,083 | 84 |
| 1987 | #1,161 | 68 |
| 1986 | #1,075 | 75 |
| 1985 | #1,116 | 69 |
| 1984 | #987 | 81 |
| 1983 | #878 | 100 |
| 1982 | #995 | 82 |
| 1981 | #1,037 | 77 |
| 1980 | #901 | 99 |
| 1979 | #842 | 105 |
| 1978 | #1,087 | 64 |
| 1977 | #1,047 | 68 |
| 1976 | #939 | 79 |
| 1975 | #945 | 75 |
| 1974 | #914 | 79 |
| 1973 | #925 | 76 |
| 1972 | #859 | 87 |
| 1971 | #864 | 89 |
| 1970 | #798 | 104 |
| 1969 | #799 | 93 |
| 1968 | #788 | 88 |
| 1967 | #754 | 96 |
| 1966 | #805 | 82 |
| 1965 | #815 | 82 |
| 1964 | #792 | 90 |
| 1963 | #851 | 79 |
| 1962 | #779 | 95 |
| 1961 | #735 | 110 |
| 1960 | #973 | 61 |
| 1959 | #791 | 94 |
| 1958 | #877 | 74 |
| 1957 | #1,029 | 54 |
| 1956 | #1,019 | 54 |
| 1955 | #1,167 | 41 |
| 1954 | #1,122 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,245 | 36 |
| 1952 | #1,166 | 40 |
| 1951 | #1,373 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,232 | 34 |
| 1949 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,231 | 34 |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,381 | 25 |
| 1941 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,433 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,532 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #1,437 | 24 |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
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| 1901 | #779 | 8 |
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| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
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| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Lars! It came in at #720, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lars is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#479 · 1 in 5,683
- Michigan#756 · 1 in 9,931
- New Jersey#778 · 1 in 9,730
- California#1,045 · 1 in 18,111
- Illinois#1,110 · 1 in 16,187
Best ever in a state: #132 in Alaska, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #479 | 5 | 1 in 5,683 |
| Michigan | #756 | 6 | 1 in 9,931 |
| New Jersey | #778 | 5 | 1 in 9,730 |
| California | #1,045 | 14 | 1 in 18,111 |
| Illinois | #1,110 | 5 | 1 in 16,187 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lars
- 283 spots since 2024 (#2,169 → #1,886)
- 88 spots since 2020 (#1,798 → #1,886)
- 183 spots since 2015 (#1,703 → #1,886)
- Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1979 (#1,087 → #842)
- Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1884 (#720 → #971)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #720 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1958–1976
- Highest: 1 in 13,308 boys born in 1901 were named Lars (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,579 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #720 in 1883, was only 1 in 14,946 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.1% of all boys named Lars (1,136) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 22 | #720 (1883) | #893 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 8 | #779 (1901) | #779 |
| 1910s | 99 | #1,437 (1917) | #2,189 |
| 1920s | 139 | #1,703 (1921) | #2,281 |
| 1930s | 153 | #1,288 (1937) | #1,907 |
| 1940s | 215 | #1,231 (1948) | #1,569 |
| 1950s | 500 | #791 (1959) | #1,102 |
| 1960s | 876 | #735 (1961) | #809 |
| 1970s | 826 | #798 (1970) | #922 |
| 1980s | 815 | #878 (1983) | #1,043 |
| 1990s | 918 | #1,146 (1998) | #1,209 |
| 2000s | 1,136 | #1,096 (2000) | #1,334 |
| 2010s | 869 | #1,532 (2016) | #1,761 |
| 2020s | 454 | #1,750 (2022) | #2,012 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lars in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 19,529 of them was named Lars, which outranked 88.8% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,177Bryton98
- #1,177Scottie98
- #1,177Wallace98
- #1,180Lars97
- #1,180Darrien97
- #1,180Dejon97
- #1,180Denny97
- #1,188Brycen96
- #1,188Jevon96
- #1,188Khari96
Tied with 7 names at #1,180; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.